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Certificate in Laboratory Management

* Also Available On-line *

The laboratory management certificate helps prepare science professionals for roles as managers in research and development laboratories in the basic sciences. It focuses on management and communication skills appropriate for the lab setting. With appropriate choice of courses, this certificate may be completed while pursuing the Bachelor of Technical and Professional Studies in laboratory management.

Total Semester Hours: 16

Five required courses:

• BMGT 487 - Project Management I (3)
• BMGT 488 - Project Management II (3)
• IFSM 300 - Information Systems in Organizations (3)
• NSCI 301 - Laboratory Organization and Management (3)
• WRTG 393/393X - Technical Writing (3)

A supporting elective chosen from the following (1):

• BEHS 398L - Introduction to Mediation
• BMGT 305 - Knowledge Management
• HRMN 363 - Negotiation Strategies
• PSYC 308E - Cultivating Executive Skills
• PSYC 308H - Psychology of Motivating People at Work
• PSYC 309K - Managing Interpersonal Stress and Conflict
• SPCH 426 - Negotiation and Conflict Management
• SPCH 482 - Intercultural Communication